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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The principal note of a triad.
Root
Sonata form
Recital
Sextet
2. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Recapitulation
Courante
Key
Vivace
3. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Notation
Fourth
Triplet
Orchestra
4. A direction to play expressively.
Form
Espressivo
Coda
Triplet
5. The structure of a piece of music.
Fourth
Form
Gregorian Chant
Quintet
6. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Medley
Staff
Phrase
Register
7. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Contralto
Modulation
Measure
Leitmotif
8. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Maestro
Chromatic scale
Concerto
Cadenza
9. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Development
Renaissance
Romantic
Virtuoso
10. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Tablature
Prelude
Cadenza
11. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Glee
Cavatina
Libretto
Monotone
12. A group singing in unison.
Phrase
Octet
Chorus
Chord progression
13. A separate section of a larger composition.
Cantata
Pastoral
Movement
Recitative
14. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Minor
Drone
Serenade
Relative pitch
15. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Mezzo
Sonatina
Time Signature
Overture
16. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Triplet
Clef
Portamento
Vibrato
17. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Ligature
Chamber music
Classical
Suite
18. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Grave
Nonet
Gavotte
19. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Quadrille
Pizzicato
Carol
Waltz
20. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Rhythm
Virtuoso
Notation
21. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Cavatina
Time Signature
Courante
Triplet
22. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Scale
Accelerando
Klangfarbenmelodie
23. A reprise.
Sonata form
Canon
Recapitulation
Chord progression
24. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Interval
Rubato
Intermezzo
Classicism
25. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Impromptu
Tonality
Resonance
Pastoral
26. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Measure
Conductor
Time Signature
Opus
27. A direction to play expressively.
Presto
Tessitura
Fermata
Espressivo
28. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Overture
Tonality
Conductor
Twelve-tone music
29. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Triplet
Capriccio
Leitmotif
30. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Clavier
Requiem
Leitmotif
Harmony
31. A short light musical drama.
Sequence
Operetta
Quadrille
Ligature
32. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
A cappella
Suite
Ostinato
Nocturne
33. A composition written for nine instruments.
Timbre
Movement
Nonet
Septet
34. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Accelerando
Parody
Expressionism
Forte
35. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Musette
Sextet
Drone
Concerto
36. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Chamber music
Dynamics
Major
Orchestra
37. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Minuet
Harmony
Chorale
Orchestration
38. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Conductor
Cavatina
Chromatic scale
March
39. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Form
Interpretation
Time Signature
Triplet
40. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Tonic
Espressivo
Concerto
Adagio
41. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Da Capo
Prelude
Orchestra
Register
42. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Impromptu
Polyphony
Neoclassical
43. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Clavier
Harmony
Quadrille
Slur
44. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Orchestra
Intonation
Waltz
Octet
45. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Adagio
Triad
Chorale
Part
46. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Cadence
Tutti
Interpretation
Refrain
47. Suite of Baroque dances.
Hymn
Partita
Fugue
Espressivo
48. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Sonata
Recitative
Cadence
49. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Modes
Elegy
Chord
Accelerando
50. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Phrase
Sonatina
Rubato
Notation